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How to Know if Your Child is Depressed or Suicidal
By John Thurman M.DIv, M.A., How to Know if Your Child is Depressed or Suicidal A recent Pew Research study has shown that 76% of parents are concerned about their children's mental health, particularly depression, and anxiety. This is a worrying figure, as it...
How to Deal with Old Wounds: A Biblical Perspective
How to Deal with Old Wounds: A Biblical Perspective “We forget: In life, it doesn’t matter what happens to you or where you came from. It matters what you do with what happens and what you’ve been given.” ― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The...
How to Grow as a Man of Faith Pt. 2
How to Grow as a Man of Faith Pt 2 Welcome to How to Grow as a Man of Faith Pt 2, here is the link to part one. There are three final stages in the process of How to Grow as a Man of Faith Pt 2, and they are the Lover Stage, the King Stage, and the Sage Stage. I hope...
Four Ways You Can Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Four Ways You Can Keep Your New Year's Resolutions Four Ways You Can Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions Have you been working on your goals for 2023? Most of us will start with great intentions, but studies show that only eight to twelve percent of us will keep them. In...
How to Grow as a Man of Faith Pt 1
Understanding the Stages of Masculine Development Pt 1 When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. I Corinthians 13:11 NLT To grow as a man of faith, you must understand the stages of masculine...
How to Demonstrate Gratitude as a Man this Thanksgiving
How to Demonstrate Gratitude as a Man this Thanksgiving. The holidays are here! If you are a man reading this, particularly if you are a man of faith, Thanksgiving can be a much more meaningful holiday than it has been in years past. Why? This is one of those awesome...
How to be a Faith-Filled Man in Today’s World Pt 2
How to be a Man of Faith in Today's World Pt 2 by John Thurman M.Div., M.A., LPCC, CCCRS This is the second in the How to be a Man of Faith in Today's World series, where we will examine the second half of Dr. Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules of Life and some important...
How to be a Faith-Filled Man in Today’s World Pt 1
A man on a global mission with a bible in on hand and a globe in the other. How to be a Faith-Filled Man in Today's World is the beginning of a short series that will hopefully get you thinking. It's okay to be discouraged. It's not okay to quit. "It's okay to be...
Laughter a Better Way to Respond In These Negative Times.
handwriting blackboard writings - Laughter is the best medicine A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Proverbs 15:13 ESV Laughter, a Better Way to Respond in These Negative Times by John Thurman Are People Grumpier? Is it just me,...
John Thurman M.Div., M.A. CMHC
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